{"id":11173,"date":"2026-10-16T07:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/?p=11173"},"modified":"2026-10-19T07:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:36:56","slug":"president-gokhool-receives-belgian-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/president-gokhool-receives-belgian-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"President Gokhool Receives Belgian Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11173\" class=\"elementor elementor-11173\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddee974 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ddee974\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8249dd9 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside 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alt=\"854260971_1452893157898063_7063279966533950850_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/president.govmu.org\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/854296237_1139782902054390_332624704348262423_n-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"854296237_1139782902054390_332624704348262423_n\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44062ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44062ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef18954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef18954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">His Excellency President Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K., received Her Excellency Mrs Lot Debruyne, the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Mauritius, who presented her Letter of Credence at the State House this morning.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Debruyne is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She was accompanied by Mr Arnaud Lagesse, Honorary Consul of Belgium in Mauritius, and Mr Pierre Bertels, Consul of the Embassy of Belgium.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">During the meeting, the longstanding, cordial bilateral relations between Mauritius and Belgium, formally established in 1968, were reviewed, with emphasis on multilateralism and regional cooperation.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">The discussions also covered existing cooperation in key sectors, including trade and investment, tourism, and opportunities to strengthen people-to-people ties.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Customs cooperation, including mutual administrative assistance, as well as air connectivity, were also discussed.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">New avenues for cooperation were explored in education, including student exchanges, higher education and research, as well as renewable energy, climate change, artificial intelligence and the blue economy.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Belgium\u2019s expertise in offshore wind energy was also identified as a potential area for knowledge-sharing and cooperation.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Excellency President Dharambeer Gokhool, G.C.S.K., received Her Excellency Mrs Lot Debruyne, the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium to Mauritius, who presented her Letter of Credence at the State House this morning.Ambassador Debruyne is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 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